
Abraham Lincoln visits Hudson
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) stopped in Hudson on his way to Washington, D.C. for his Presidential inauguration in 1861. The President-Elect’s whistlestop tour from Springfield to Washington, D.C. included
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) stopped in Hudson on his way to Washington, D.C. for his Presidential inauguration in 1861. The President-Elect’s whistlestop tour from Springfield to Washington, D.C. included
Portraits of David Hudson, Founder of Hudson, and Mary “Polly” Robinson Hudson
One of the oldest surviving maps of the town.
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